Tag.



W. Gf. KEENE.

TAG.

APPLIOATION FILED snmzv, 1907,

9 1 3 ,7 32 Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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TAG.

.miem-@d Maz-Cn 2Q 1909,

No. 913,732. Specification of Lettere Patent.

Application filed September 27, 190'". Serial No. 394,827.

To ai? lolz-om -ifi may con-cfm:

Be iiy known thin" l. hun mi Gianni; i'lnxn, n citizen of the lliiilelSintes, unil resident of Lynn, in he county of Essex und Slate oll l lare invented new' nul useful in flugs, or" which lhe follow-'ioeienionn.ion rel. lo inne', (lesigneil pz' lo be usen iis marleen forgnrlnens like7 Wlnle the sanne beingl lan viiiiwl lo im: wli'ip ofil'nbiiv l by pini'iiigl die i'zilnin willi il.:k prongs Il, il inilhowling; llre prongs inwziia ly. ileiii'hing; lhini on lhi. millersiili' ol' (he strip. lhe provve; :ire lognlher eiilliionily longerlli-.iii -ihel 'wiillh el 'lne bridge purl. no ihiil when Clenchoflunder the sli'ip of fabric lisci' will nmol lnii noi. overl-.ip em'hother. lhnaI :ii nifl-v ilig; :vlmnih mul providing :iS ilzili :1 n:iriii'ln o.-.. il1\le. ln the preferred l'orin oil in); llovieniliebridge perl 2, whiifh i'xlvnils crosswiw of Sho Sli'ip l., rem-hoh`:il'ipi'oxilo, bnl Hlig'hlly slioil of, llw mijn# ol' lhe wlirip. Thelient prongs il; lthen inw-re y in lnundries to apply the .jing laundrymark directly .ii-oni; to be lnunclnreil, time often i iini jining 'liegnrrneni. lhe .slrip 'l ihmy zi-iir=ling lo keep ihn Sli'p The i o my.inreniion lo proiiiile flfit und lo prevent it from curling oriollinj.:

while il: in boing manipulated :iiiil :ipplieil lo the gninienl'. :inilalso affording :in :uhh-- tional lzisleningj ineen# between ihnyl'vblenei' :nnl llw slilp. l'. if@ :nso wihin the oiileiiiplziiion of iny invention, however. l'hni lho zz ing or morlenon rwhich the lninnlryniark may be inscribed and which may rezn'lily be :illixetl to thegarment so tha. 4`he garment itself shall not be wrillen upon; which maybe left pernmnenlly on lie garment or ,ie

inoverl v:i-t'erit has been lninnlei'c" in; ii-e- 'jn'iflg'e perl'. 2muy exlend Completely no1-ossi siren; which Shall be 0 ih in nncl iii....is not lho l'zibric l, :is Shown in Fig. fl, so llml l'ho rune-s il,4.- pi'ii-ct ilnwnwnril :il the Siilefs oi the sli-ip l. inn-loud ofperforming' the suine. ln eillie: il'oiin lhe essential 'fwitnre of ihebridge part is preserveil; namely, n llnl' si ill'eningg wenn# ori'eiirloicirinei'il iS proviileil wliiih holilfi llio fil-ip lint, bolliwhen lio interfere Willi the lennclering of the gin-- nient, and whichcan be produced :it Sullif-ienlly .low cost to wai-ramt throwing :iw-ayfthe marh'r if it is desired To remove and rlifsco'id i l iler iler" the."nieni' ons boon liron- I'. ie accompanying drnwin" illiisrrnli4:'.pplfnigl il ln lim, germi-in, anni eepecizilljy' iingxcertaineinboclimenis of my lnreniionr when lh@ lng im :Iiiixnil o the gniinent.:mijl Figure l 'in n perspective View of n ling con the garment is beihinnilereil. The bridge taining my invention; 2 i5 3.399125! tivo pai-l.oi" l'lie prey/ent inrenlion' oxerlies the view of one oil lhe'fnslencra shown in l; riliiip ol" iziln'ii' snbalnninllj: ihronglaonlils 5 ljn- L. g1, i' oclioii ilirougli the lnw. i entire ln'eniiil: :unlihizs holilsit ont llfii. in ifm ener :incl nnileri.' io'ivhch il;fiilnohe pini-e. lfnrl'liei'inoi'e. in my preferred forni Fig'. l in en@'View of n ,inodiiren form ol ilu`l 'llzislenii'igj prongra ilieinsel:meist in containing my invention; nml Fig. n holding 'hii sii-ip lini..both when the marker crossseotion illuslrniing Still anelli/er orm isbeing lninfllefl unil when it is being. lann- O ofeny invention, lie lagbeing :i'ficliefl to {ler-ed.

the material. The length of the -)rongs Ll, 4 may be eferrng to theclrawng, 'i represent n v-.irieclg they may bo sii'iloently long for oneStrip of flexible fabric, preferably made of lo overlap the other, asshown in Fig. 3, or

some materia-l Well aclzipied to receive Writ ihoy may be, if fleairecl,oi" such lengh :is lo 'ing and Aadapte-cl le wilistend Washing. At meetin the middle, :is shown in Fig. 5. In

`the loller @use l prefer to bend the points inward so that theyslightly pierce .und :ire einbedflel in ille material 5, to which thelag ed ne shown in Fig.; 5. In this way painiei'lnilsniwer, on thesurface icl@ cli. could poseibly inlerlero 0+' tlio ggirineni. fn'ena-.vh

lon esilio pur o" 3, 3. installers ffpeiniiinenllif each end of thisthereto.

from each side of the bridge part, piercing'Y said strip and clenched tomeet end to end thereunder permanently to secure the fastener to thcstrip, and a prongs one at each end of'\the bridge part upturned ina thesame direction as saidshort prongs, adapted to pierce the. material towhich the tag is to be applied and secure the tag thereto.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a tag comprising a strip of fabrichaving a fastener at each end. thereof, said fastener having a flatbridge part extending cosswise of the strip and adapted to hold the`strip fiat, a pair of short prongs extending laterally one from eachside of the bridge part, piercing said strip and clenched thereunder,pernranently to secure the fastener to the strip, the length of saidprongs together being no greater than the Width of said bridge partwhereby they will not overlap When clenched under the strip, and a pairof flexible prongs one at each end of the bridge part upturned in thesame direction as said short rongs, adapted to pierce the material towhich the tag is to be As a new article of manufacture, a tagcomprising-a strip of fabric having a fas tener at each end thereof,said fastener having a flat bridge part extending crosswise of the stripapproximately to but slightly .short ofthe edge of the strip;- adaptedto hold the strip fiat, a pair of short prongs extending laterally onefrom each side of the bridge part piercingsaid strip and clenched tomeet end to end thereunder, permanently to secure the fastener to thestrip, and a pair of iexible prongs .one at each end of the pair, ofI'iexible applied and secure the tagl elenca bridge part upturned in thesame direction as salu short prongs, (piercing said strip near the edgesthereof, an adapted to secure the tag tothe material to which it is tobe applied.

4:. As a new article of manufacture, a tag comprising a stri of fabrichaving a fastener at .each end t ereof, said fastener beiner made of anintegral piece of sheet meta having a fiat bridge part extending crosseWise of the strip, approximately to but slightly short'ofthe ed es ofthe strip, adapted to hold the strip iig prongs extending laterally onefrom each side of the bridge part, piercing said strip at, a pairofshort A and clenched thereunder permanently to se f cure the fastenerto the strip, said prongs together being no the width of said bridgepart whereby they will not overlap each other when clenched under thestrip, and a pair of iexible prongs one at each end of the bridge partupturned in the same direction as said short prongs, piercing said stripnear the edges thereof and adapted to secure the tag to the mate rial towhich it is to be applied.

5. In combination with the material of a the length of greater thangarment or the like, a tag or marlierpcomprlsing a strip of fabric; afastener at each end thereof having` a flat bridge part eX- tendingcrosswise of the stri adapted to hold the strip-itat against saidmaterial; a pair of short prongs extending laterally one from each sideof the bridge part piercing said strip and clenched thereunderpermanently to secure the fastener to the strip; and a pair Ofprongs oneat each end of the bridge part lercing said materiahand bent flatthereun er and having their points inu wardly turned and embedded insaid niaterial.

Signed by meat Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, this twenty-fthdayof September, 1907.

' WILLIAM GERRY KEENE. Witnesses Josnrn T. BRENNAN,

Maar OBMEN.

